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one and done

one and done is the alternative form of one-and-done.

Meaning of one-and-done

Noun

one-and-done (plural one-and-dones)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Something that is completed or accomplished only once, never to be done again.
  2. (slang) A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.
    • John Calipari's Kentucky squad was made up of one-and-done players.
  3. (US, informal) The act of a team making the postseason playoffs but losing the very first game played in it.
  4. A family in which the parents decide to have only one child.

Forms of one and done

pluralone and dones

Questions about one and done

What is one and done the alternative form of?
One and done is the alternative form of one-and-done.

Words near one and done in the dictionary

  1. one age with
  2. one and a half
  3. one and a half syndrome
  4. one and a halves
  5. one and all
  6. one and done
  7. one and dones
  8. one and nines
  9. one and one
  10. one and ones
  11. one and onlies

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